Educational appliance



,May 19.19125` N. Y. TRO'IDL EDUCATIOAL APPLIANC Filed Feb. 25, 1922 2 sheets-Sheen 1 der chair* chair l g #wf/V705.

MW JM,

Patented May 19, 1925.

" imparting UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ypivnigrrii YORK moron, or .NIAGARA rants, 'New YORK.

` EDUCATIONAL-ArrLiANcn e l Application filed February 23, 19227. Serial No. 538,454.

`To all 'iv/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, N ELLIE YoRKjTRonn.,`

a citizen of the United States, residing `at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and Statie of New York, have vinvented a new and useful Improvement in Educational Appliances, of which the following is a speci` cation.

This invention relates to educational ap-` pliances or cards for usein teaehingor young children, particularly Lin school work.'`

Une object of thefinvention is to provide a. set of cards whereby the instruction `of young children in`y lreading f and other branches of education is facilitated, and at' the'szime time the children are amused or entertainedwhile,they are being taught; A

further object is toprovide a set ofcards each provided with Oneor more separable naine or designating slips which 'are retained on thecards ink such a way that the cards can be readily handled:` and manipulated in much the 'sa-me manner as game cards, p y the designating slips, while nevertheless the slips can be readily eonnectedwithand disconnected from the cards.

The appliance comprises a series or set of cards of any desired number, eachbearing on one face thereof a picture ofxan4 object, and preferably also lthe name of said ordinary object, or `other inforinationysuch for instance as number worlnand each `card is provided with aseparable slip on which apf pears the nameof the object pictured on the card, or other matter particularly related tothe matter on'v the card, which slip is adapted to be engaged withthe card soas to be retained thereon buty removable therefrom. In theuse of the cards for teaching reading, for example, by associa# l tion of the nameson the slips with the pictures onthe cards, the' `naine slipsare detached from the cardsand the cards vand slips mixed indiscriminately, the problem for the child being to select and apply each name slipv toits `appropriate card, thereby learning to properly associate the related matter ontlie cards and slips. and thus learning tovread the names. -Thecards are made of'thinystiff and durable material,

such as the cardboardused for ordinaryy playing cards, and the name slips are preferably made of similar material.

The accompanying drawings f illustrate knowledge to and entertaining without danger. of detaching In saiddrawings: i 1,

Figs. l and 2 represent face views of two cards .bearing picturesand names of differ? ent objects, Fig. l showing two name slipsl two different embodiments of the invention.

in'place on the card` and Fig. 2 showing the slips partially removed.

Fig. 3 isl asection of one of the cards on line 348, Fig. 1. .4 Fig." lis a face view` of the card shown in Fig. l and showing the name slips removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section of one of the cards online 5,-5, Figui. Fig. 6 is a longitudinalsection of a stack of several of the cards.L

Figs. 7 and 8 are face viewsof two cards of afs'et for te'achingaddition `and subtraetion. f Figs. 9 land 10 show thereverse'sidesfof `the cards shown in Figs. 7 ,and 8 respecf tively. .l

invention illustrated in FigsQlandA; y u

14 and lexrepresent two cardswof a set Referring first lto the y' embodimentl of the i soA or series, of `whichtheremay, be any desired number, forinstructionin reading, Vand 2 n and 2fl represent respectively the detachable or removable name slips for the cards l and la. Each card has displayed thereon a picture of 'an object, theobjects pictured on the y several' 'cards of .the setfbeing different. Each card alsof preferablyhas "printed or otherwise displayed object pictured on the card, this name being preferably, i though notf necessarily` printed in script.` Forinstan'ce on the ycard lv is a picture ofa chairand abovethis the word chair, and on the-other `eardisa picture of a spiderand the word fspider". `'Ihe name slip for each cardalso has printed or otherwise displayedfthereon thename of the* object pictured on the face lof the card, but

on the slip the nameis `preferably printed in a different style of type so asto enable thereon the name of the the child to become familiar with the name second name slip.

-s'a'ni'e vsise and shape, and

" This Vis so even when the name slips are can be handled or inoved card being` shown as provided at itsl lower portion with two slits for the reception of one naine slip, and above the picture 4withy two similar slits 'c for Then two slips are ,prof ided tor each card, the name ot the object pictured on the card appearson one slip' in script or othery stylerof type, and on .the other slip in a dilf'eiei'it style of ty e;

ln the use of the. cards ina` c ass room, each child is given a set or series yot the cards with' their 'conipai'iionnanie slips, the naine slips ,being detached from the cards and mixed so that it isf necessary for the child to select the appropriate trame slip or slips for each card. rfliefcllild is .assisted iii this by the fact that each card bea-rs -thelsame haine that appezirs 'on' the ame slip or slips for that card. lhe'n the naine slip for a `'card is4 lionndlit. is inserted in the slits in the card, the game or lesson being completedk when' the child has properly applied all ot' the name slips to the several cards of the set `or series. kSince Vall of tlre cards are. of the all of the-slips are also alike in sizeand shape, the only guide for the childlin applying' the slips to their 1 'compaiiidn cards is by association of lthe namesonthe lslips with the pictures ork haines bn the' cards, s'othat it is necessary tor the child to recognize the names on :the slips.

In shape and size the cards are preferably analbgous to ordinary playing cards, so that the cai-'ds can be readily handled and stacked. 1n place on the cards, and the naine slips will not readily become accidentally detached v'trom the cardssby handlingorstacking the cards.

Neverthelessfthe" nanle slips .canl be ,easily connected with and detached trom the cards when desired. By thus making the cards of thin cardboard or the like material,-

each 'set- 'or' series canconsist fot a relatively large number of cards," whiclnwhen stacked, will occupyonly a small tore ybe readily liandledf'even by quite young children. The vcards when placed one upon another form arelatively low stack andare not apt to be disturbed and knocked over as I would be thecase 'with blocks or thick pieces.. stacked dne .hpon another, and. Ifurthermore,

the cards being made of light, thin material, about upon the desk without noise or '(listiii'bance, which is important in teaching` a class of children; andii the cards should be dropped, there would n`ot be the noise and disturbance which ivo'uld be caused by the use of wooden blocks 'or' analogous, relatively heavy or cumber- Anoth'er advantage in the use some pieces. l of the thincards isthat a number of sets or Adecks 'for tlreseveral children of ak class can be stored inthe minimum space.

The cards -ill'l'istrted in Figs. 7l-l0 are for teaching additionand subtraction, each card the` reception of the"l space and can there-r card.` For instance,I the card shown in Figs.

7 and 9 bears t-lie numbers l and G on its tront'face andthe removabl'esslip (Z at the botto'not this card bearsfon its front 'face the vnumber 7, which is the sum ot the numbers land 6. On its rear tace the slip nl has at its opposite endstlre numbers] '6 and'l, ycorresponding with the numberson the front ot the earth, Appearingon the rear of the card above the ends ot' the slip arerthe examples in subtraction 7 less l and 7 less G, the answers to which arethe numbers G and l respectively, each of which appears below. its appropriate example. Onthe rear :tace ot the second slip e for the card are .the numbers 'minus l (-1) andininus 6 (#6), which cooperate with adjacentnumbers on the rear i l i there will be "a -.like numberlof slips bearing onA the Jfront side Seven 7 andan equal number ot' slips bearing,- on the 'frontside the word Seven in'sc'ript. However, lon

v the reverse side therefrar'e no two slips alike,

due ,to the use of` thefdillierent numbers, which combined make seven, or il the numj bei's are the sameLthe arrangen'ient is diller ent. rI'he slips therefore Vcannot be intei'- changed on the cards-if the problems are correctlyv answered or completed both in adi dition on the ,front rside and subtraction on the reversevsid'e of theard. Inaddition to the numbers,` thej card preferably has pictured on its front, face av domino with dots 'correspondingto the numbers on the card and the removable slips bear the word Seven vlin diflferentstyles of type, as an aid to the'child in applying theslipsto the card,l and also to 'familiarizehim with the written and. printed forms of the word fSeven. l Figs; A8` and 10 ysho'w the front andreverse sides of another card ot the set tor number avork, ,this fcard ,showing similar combinations otvgthemnumbers 2, 5' and 7. Any numberof the cards necessary toy `make adesired numerically',complete set of combinations caribe providec. ,y

The invention is not restricted to thespeciic embodiments thereot` herein illustrated for exemplifying the invention, but these card.

i each of said should suffice to indicate that the cards and slips constructed and associated asexplained are susceptiblefor use inimlfiarting` knowledge in various different subjects.

I claim as my invention:

l. In an educational appliance, a card, a slip removably retained on said card with portions of said slip exposedat opposite sides of the card, said card bearing on opposite faces thereof different represent-ations, and said slip'bearing on the portion thereof exposed at the front side of the card a designa-tion of the representation Aon the front face of the card, and bearing onthe portion thereof exposed at the reverse side of the card a designation of. theditl'eient representation on said reverse side of .the

2. In an educational appliance, a series of cards, and a. corresponding series of slips, each of said cards and its companion slip being constructed to removably retain said slip on the card with portions of said slip exposed at opposite sides of the card,l each of said cards bearing' on opposite faces thereof different combinations ofvnumbers, the combinations on different cards being different, and each of said slips bearing on the portion thereof exposed ateach side of its companion card a number coordinated with the numbers on the corresponding facev of the card.

3. In an educational appliance, a series of cards, and a corresponding series of slips, cards and its companion slip being constructed to removably retain said slip on the card Wit-liportions of said slip exposed at opposite sides of the ycard,`each of said cards bearin on o )iosite faces thereof different combinations of numbers, the combinations on different card-I being' different, and each of said slips `bearingon sentation on each the portion thereof exposed at each side of` Y of the card, so that when the removable slip is properly placed the numbers thereon either answer or complete the'problenis both on the front and reverse sides of the cards.

4. In an educational appliance, a series of thin flexible cards each bearing a differ-` ent -representatioin and a plurality of thin. flexible designating slips for each card, said slips bearing* in different types designations of the representations on the respective cards to which they belong1 each card being provided with integral portions with lwhich 4the respective designation slips engage for retaining the slips in place on the cards, whereby when the designating slips are assembled on proper cards the repretype.

5. In. an educational appliance, 4a series of cards and a corresponding series of slips, each of said cards and its being constructed to removably retain said slips on the card with portionsof said slip exposed at opposite sides of the card, each of said cards bearing on opposite faces thereof different combinations of numbers,

Niiiinin YORK 'riioinn companion slip' card is coupled with a plurality of designations thereof in different i 

